State Building Commission approves $75 million UWSP science facility

8:35 AM,
Mar. 22, 2013

Mercedes Fees and Morgan Mosher learn about spectroscopy in their chemistry class Thursday at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. A request to build a new $75 million science center on campus was approved by the State Building Commission on Thursday. The request next goes before the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee in May.

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| Stevens Point Journal Media

The State Building Commission on Thursday approved a $75 million request to build a new science center at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.

Gov. Scott Walker's capital budget for 2013-15 called for funding for the project. The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents approved the center, along with three other capital budget requests totaling $187 million, in August. The commission's Higher Education Subcommittee supported it March 19, and the full commission endorsed it March 21.

"The Building Commission's endorsement represents a significant milestone in the ...